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Files missing from nLite generated image?


oD1Nz

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I've recently setup a RIS server and have been experimenting with it and nLite (the latest version, 1.4.1). In particular, creating unattended images. This has been hindered slightly by the fact that on all installations, I'm prompted during the setup phase about what to do regarding missing files. They are the following:

  1. sysbck.dll
  2. sysbck.inf
  3. nhelper.exe
  4. nlite.inf

and, if I choose to have nLite display its OEM branding, I'm also prompted about the following files:

  1. oeminfo.ini
  2. oemlogo.bmp

The following is my configuration (you can safely ignore most of the unattended information in there as RIS handles that):

[Main]
Env = 1.4.1 - 2.0.50727.42.Microsoft Windows NT 5.2.3790 Service Pack 1
Target = Windows XP Professional SP2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

[Tasks]
Remove Components
Tweaks
Create a Bootable ISO
Options

[Components]
;# Applications #
Games
Internet Games
Pinball
Screensavers
;# Languages #
;Arabic
Arabic (Algeria)
Arabic (Bahrain)
Arabic (Egypt)
Arabic (Iraq)
Arabic (Jordan)
Arabic (Kuwait)
Arabic (Lebanon)
Arabic (Libya)
Arabic (Morocco)
Arabic (Oman)
Arabic (Qatar)
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
Arabic (Syria)
Arabic (Tunisia)
Arabic (U.A.E.)
Arabic (Yemen)
Divehi (Maldives)
Syriac (Syria)
Urdu
;Armenian
Armenian
;Baltic
Estonian
Latvian
Lithuanian
;Central Europe
Albanian
Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Croatian
Croatian (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Czech
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
Serbian (Latin)
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Slovak
Slovenian
;Cyrillic
Azeri (Cyrillic)
Belarusian
Bulgarian
FYRO Macedonian
Kazakh
Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan)
Mongolian (Mongolia)
Russian
Serbian (Cyrillic)
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Tatar
Ukrainian
Uzbek (Cyrillic)
;Georgian
Georgian
;Greek
Greek
;Hebrew
Hebrew
;Indic
Bengali (India)
Gujarati (India)
Hindi
Kannada (India)
Konkani
Malayalam (India)
Marathi
Punjabi (India)
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu (India)
;Japanese
Japanese
;Korean
Korean
;Simplified Chinese
Chinese (PRC)
Chinese (Singapore)
;Thai
Farsi
Thai
;Traditional Chinese
Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.)
Chinese (Macau S.A.R.)
Chinese (Taiwan)
;Turkic
Azeri (Latin)
Turkish
Uzbek (Latin)
;Vietnamese
Vietnamese
;# Network #
MSN Explorer
Windows Messenger
;# Operating System Options #
File and Settings Wizard
Manual Install and Upgrade
Search Assistant
Tour
;# Directories #
SUPPORT
VALUEADD
;# Compatibility #

[KeepFiles]
msconfig.exe
nhelper.exe
nlite.inf
oeminfo.ini
oemlogo.bmp
syssbck.dll
syssbck.inf

[RemoveFiles]
clock.avi
yahoo.bmp
swtchbrd.bmp

[Options]
ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"
TargetPath = "WINDOWS"
temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
AdvTweaks
NoISOPreset

[Patches]

[Services2]

[Tweaks]
Boot and Shutdown-Disable automatic restart on System Failure
Boot and Shutdown-Status Messages-Extended
Desktop-Show Windows version on Desktop
Explorer-Add (un)register libraries in Context Menu
Explorer-Add 'Command Prompt' to folder context menu
Explorer-Launch folder windows in a seperate process
Start Menu-Reduce popup delay

[Unattended]
ComputerType = Default
MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12
RestorePointLife = 30
DesktopTheme = Default||
AutoUDay = 5
AutoUHour = 15
ProgFilesPath = "\Program Files"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

[Hotfixes]

I've tried a number of combinations, even disabling SFC (which I'd rather not do), to no effect. What can I do to avoid these missing files from "going missing"? I had also noticed that nLite images seem to confuse RIS slightly as they do not have an "ntldr" file created in the "[path to image]/i386/templates" when you associate the image to RIS, unlike any other Windows image I've used (fixing is simply as easy as copying the file from another source, but it's an extra step). Might this be related?

Edited by oD1Nz
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All of my "clients" are currently virtual machines (VMWare Server), if it makes any difference (I know the BIOS that VMWare uses is a bit old, but it shouldn't matter).

Edited by oD1Nz
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For anyone that's interested in a fix for this when using RIS, you simply need to copy of the files from the nLite working directory - for whatever reason, RIS doesn't copy the files when you add the image to the server.

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